Is there a difference in the stock suspensions between the basic 4x4 package and the FX4 packages?? (stiffer shocks / springs etc.)

 

Nope.

 

dont think so just a skid plate. its just a interior package now, skid plate, flares and a sticker....

 

I was told that the shocks were different aswell

 

are they? i wasnt sure if that was still the case with the new models.

 

Ya its still the case... I am not sure how different they actually are, but supposedly the fx4 package has shocks tuned more for off-road use. Also the fx2 is suppose to have differently tuned shocks for more street driving/performance. Nothing too drastic tho.

 

Marshmallow Larry-At's and Hush-puppy KR's may be different, but the other '04+ NBS 4x4 variants all feel the same to ol' bubba's butt-dyno

 

i am asking because my bosses 04 and 06 4x4 f-150's both ride much better then my 05 fx4. I dont mind cause it's a truck but its an on going debate at work. My shocks have to be different because his rides like a car and still can take abuse and mine rides like an f250.

 

Check the tires, maybe one has P rated tires and the other LT tires.

 

fx4 have bilstien shocks and struts.

also bigger tires.

 

are you sure on the bilsteins??

 

Mine are bilstein. And as for riding like an F250, are you sure? My buddy has a F250 FX4 with a v10...and that thing is ROUGH. Even a speed bump jars the crap out of you.

 

Are they labelled Bilstein? I have an '04 FX4 and the shocks are just black, no label that I can find. But maybe they upgraded the stock FX4 shocks since '04.

 

FX4 shocks are not Bilsteins unless that changed for 2007s which I haven't seen anything. Ford would be advertising that if that is the case. The FX4 shocks do have a stiffer valving though .. I'd like to see some pictures of these Bilsteins though.

 

Nope - still generic black, on my '06 LOL!

Unless some philanthropic Dealer put Bilstien's on while on the lot

Not fekkin' likely.